I’m unsure the exact pinpoint moment, but I know that when Google acquired YouTube, it was like a warning sign of what is to come.
And when tech companies began to become more aware enough to take advantage of a not-so tech savvy government, much less a barely tech savvy populace of people, that started a march for corporatization to take hold on the internet. Things gradually began to just stop being fun.
Simply put - we were the frogs in the boiling water as techbros took advantage of all of us, acquired anything it could, then regulated everything to match their standards.
And they shouldn’t.
I’m sorry but it is completely fair game now for piracy to be as it is.
You’re illegally collecting data on us in every tech we have? Fine, but we’re pirating your shit and you’re going to like it.